Ex Parte Schollenberger
Supreme Court of the United States
Petition for a .mandamus to the' judges of 'the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Schollenberger, a citizen- of- Pennsylvania, brought..sundry suits, in said Circuit. Court against certain foreign insurance 'companies, upon policies which they had severally issiied upon his property situate in that State and-within'the jurisdiction of the court.
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Petition for a .mandamus to the' judges of 'the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Schollenberger, a citizen- of- Pennsylvania, brought..sundry suits, in said Circuit. Court against certain foreign insurance 'companies, upon policies which they had severally issiied upon his property situate in that State and-within'the jurisdiction of the court. Each company, before the issue of its policy, had- accepted the-provisions of the statute of the State, and, in compliance, therewith', appointed its agent residing there,-on whom process of law against it…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus,' requiring the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to hear and determine certain suits brought in that court in favor of the relators against 'a number of insurance companies incorporated by the laws of other, States, but, doing business in that State under a license ' granted pursuant to a statute regulating that subject. The Circuit Court declines to entertain jurisdiction of the causes, for the reason, as is alleged, that the defendant companies were not “ at the commencement of the respective…
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